To make a decision on the nuclear agreement requires consideration of what has led us to this point, a sober understanding of the reality we face and a determination to find the most responsible course of action given the options available, writes a New York congressman. More ▸

As a people who have suffered the deprivation of our rights, American Jews have a duty to the tens of thousands of people of Haitian descent stripped of their citizenship in the Dominican Republic, the president of the American Jewish World Service writes. More ▸

The recent torching of a church in northern Israel, allegedly by Orthodox vandals intent on ridding the Holy Land of “idolatry,” is a reminder that Judaism is vulnerable to extremist manipulation. More ▸

The mikvah-peeping scandal underscores the importance of the centralized system that assures Orthodox converts that their conversions cannot be challenged, writes the chairman of the Rabbinical Council of America’s conversion review committee. More ▸